On 3 April 2018, the Atrium of the General Staff building was the venue for a public discussion between the famous contemporary artist Giuseppe Penone, one of the members of the Italian Arte Povera movement, and the curators Dmitry Ozerkov and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.

From 4 April 2018 Ideas of Stone – 1372 kg of Light, a work by the Italian artist Giuseppe Penone, is on display in the Great Courtyard of the Winter Palace. The exhibition has been organized by the State Hermitage’s Department of Contemporary Art as part of the annual Sculpture in the Great Courtya

On 2 April 2018, the State Hermitage held a traditional charitable event for people with special needs and accompanying relatives, organized by the State Hermitage’s School Centre, Department for Scientific and Educational Work and Department for Theatrical and Educational Activities in conjunction

On 22 March 2018, the Winter Palace was the setting for the “Scroll of Memories”, a graduation ceremony for participants in the special museum educational project “We hear the world! Learning about the world and people through art”.

On 23 March 2018, the State Hermitage held a scientific restoration seminar at the Fair Grounds in Ferrara featuring talks by members of staff of the Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Easel Paintings and the Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Graphic Art in the Department for Sc

On 21 March 2018, in the presence of the head of the project, the architect Carlo Amadori, and representatives of the Italian Ministry of Culture, the government of the Emilia-Romagna region and the city of Ferrara, the 25th Salone del Restauro dei Musei e delle Imprese Culturali was formally opened

On 21 March 2018, the State Hermitage held a seminar on the Chronology of Eastern European Antiquities dedicated to the memory of the scholar, archaeologist and member of the Hermitage staff Yury Mikhailovich Lesman (1954–2013).

On 18 March 2018, the opening of the 18th annual computer graphics and animation competition for children took place in the School Centre. This year’s theme is “The Hermitage and Russian Ballet”, dedicated to the Year of Russian Ballet being celebrated in the country.